The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matt Parker & Richard Kirby & Ed Emmett & Dwaine Evans finished in the top 10% of the field at Birmingham 2026, in 52:28 for 3rd of 79 men's teams in the Relay division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:49 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:32 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:10, was faster than 93% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:36Running 1 3:38v median −0:44
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Block 02 5:25Running 2 3:24v median −0:25
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Block 03 5:15Running 3 3:12v median −0:41
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Block 04 6:15Running 4 3:23v median −0:22
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Block 05 6:57Running 5 3:20v median −0:36
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Block 06 4:36Running 6 3:20v median −0:43
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Block 07 5:41Running 7 3:27v median −0:29
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Block 08 6:39Running 8 3:20v median −0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 79
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 79 men's teams who finished.